The file name sat on his desktop like a digital paperweight: vers_la_beaute_david_foenkinos.pdf .
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By the time he reached the final chapters, where the Architect finds a quiet, devastating resolution, Antoine felt a strange sensation in his chest. It was a kind of architectural grief. The story wasn't a fairy tale. It was messy. It was about the difficulty of loving someone who is broken, and the difficulty of being broken yourself.
He thought about the title again. Vers la beauté. Towards beauty.
But for the first time in a long time, Antoine thought it was beautiful.
The book, as Antoine quickly realized, was about a man named Antoine (a coincidence that made him shiver), a Parisian architect who, in a state of deep depression, leaves his life behind to move to Briançon. He seeks simplicity. He seeks a way out of his own head.